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Controversy over regulating the funds for the very wealthy, and their relationship to the greater economy.
Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R. Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies; deputy director of studies and Paul A. Volcker senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations
Randall Dodd, director, Financial Policy Forum and the Derivatives Study Center
Jenny Anderson, reporter, New York Times
Richard Blumenthal, attorney general of Connecticut
Sen. Charles Grassley, (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee
Joe Califano declared smoking tobacco "public health enemy number one" when he served as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in the Carter administration. Today he's calling for a new attitude in American attitudes toward all substance abuse and addiction, and a revolution in how we deal with these problems. He joins Diane to outline his vision.
Joseph Califano, founding chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. He was special assistant to the Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy administration; special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson; and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Carter administration.